Alexa, show me the money

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Amazon’s Alexa, a popular virtual assistant that you may already have sitting on a nearby desk or shelf, is soon to be the newest employee, figuratively speaking, at Spokane-area financial institutions.

AXFI 2018 Recap Part 1

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John and Glen convene at the AXFI Conference to talk innovation, share interviews with standout Killer FinTech Speed Round presenters CU RateReset, Lendified and Pricerazzi, and dissect the BIG band’s Sunday night set.

Flipping the Script on (NACHA) Payments

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Glen queues up six conversations from NACHA’s Payments conference, extending well beyond ACH. His on-site chats include Blockchain-based journalism startup Civil, fraud fighter NICE Actimize, and twists on existing models from Ingo Money and Deluxe eChecks.

Financing the Future

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Billy Parish, Founder and CEO of Mosaic, the largest financier of home solar electricity in the US, joins John to discuss Billy’s book “Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money and Community in a Changing World.”

The Zen of Blockchain- and the Tyranny of the 51 percent

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Glen talks with Rob Viglione, Co-Founder of blockchain platform ZenCash, about their public and private model, why they’re not pursuing an ICO, and the recent “51% attack” against them. Also, the latest on GDPR and Visa’s Fretful Friday.

Data Analytics: Now’s The Time To Up Your Investment

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For most credit unions, the concept of using data analytics to better meet members’ needs is not an unwelcome innovation. With a reputation for hands-on service, it should be no surprise that the majority of credit unions have strategically committed to using digital services and data analytics to:

Take care of your data, and it will take care of you

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Data is one of the robust assets of a credit union, but it may be the least formally managed. You
would never be so casual about your loans, so why are you about your data?
David Rose, analytics expert at McKinsey talks to Anne about the who, what and why of data
governance.